HC Deb 18 March 2004 vol 419 cc499-501W
Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many(a) company compulsory liquidations and (b) personal bankruptcies there were in each quarter since 1999, broken down by region. [162214]

Mr. Sutcliffe

Table 1 records the number of company compulsory liquidations in England and Wales by region classified according to groupings of Official Receivers' Offices from 1999 to 2003.

Table 2 records the number of bankruptcies in England and Wales by region classified according to groupings of Official Receivers' Offices from 1999 to 2003.

2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Anglia Region 878 744 781 741 961 848 871 841
OR London 338 289 340 318 351 342 361 373
Midland Region 756 840 852 739 904 889 846 770
North East Region 961 982 986 909 1,111 1,130 1,006 981
North West Region 977 885 926 852 1,056 1,084 1,041 927
Public Interest Unit 1 2 0 3 3 1 2 0
South East Region 721 704 658 647 659 765 694 637
South West Region 1035 968 908 809 1,033 1,056 996 938
England and Wales Total 5,667 5,414 5,451 5,018 6,078 6,115 5,817 5,467

2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Anglia Region 926 860 857 884 1,013 1,003 1,082 1,093
OR London 345 404 355 353 450 463 479 541
Midland Region 824 914 915 848 1,046 1,002 1,105 1,034
North East Region 1,035 1,141 1,098 953 1,082 1,208 1,185 1,106
North West Region 1,036 1,080 1,087 913 1,020 919 1,039 890
Public Interest Unit 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 2
South East Region 121 756 806 763 1,017 1,198 1,236 1,167
South West Region 1,131 1,111 1,129 1,030 1,281 1,152 1,087 1,107
England and Wales Total 6,027 6,269 6,249 5,747 6,912 6,948 7,217 6,940

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